Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (31 page)

“But, Daniel, it won’t be easy talking to the witches at all, you know how we are. You’re not ready to try something like that, we should just try to speak to the centaur empress, at least then you’re not in so much danger,” she pleaded. Kroanette glanced to her then to Daniel while crossing her arms.

“She does speak the truth. Listen, if you want to try and talk to monsters about peaceful coexistence then that’s your choice, fine, but you do realize that walking into a village of witches is a very bad idea for any human. At least with my home you won’t be hexed, poisoned, or raped upon entering,” she pointed out. Alyssa backed up and held her hands together while shaking her head.

“You’re not ready to talk to witches about this, let alone an alpha witch. Their magic would be too much even for me to protect you from if we enter that village. If they decide to capture you or worse, there won’t be anywhere to run,” she said urgently. Specca glanced to her then looked at Daniel with concern as well.

“I hate to admit it, but they are right. Witches are very hard to approach, especially if they’re in great numbers. You remember what a group of them did to some travelers we came across when we started our journey out here. Well, as your guide, Daniel, I don’t recommend approaching the alpha witch like this. We would need a bigger escort to try to talk to a village of witches, should they turn hostile we’ll be helpless,” she warned. Daniel looked down with remorse, remembering the humans they passed in the outerlands who had been ambushed by a group of witches. How the men were screaming while suffering at the hands of the monsters, with many of them dying from the constant abuse while their families were already dead since they weren’t needed.

“But… if I could reach the alpha witch with my beliefs, it would be a powerful addition to our support for this cause,” he tried to reason with. Triska shook her head and walked over to him, resting a hand on his shoulder to get his attention.

“No way, our guide said no and so are we. We’ll try to talk to the witches later when we have a better opportunity, let’s not be rash and push our luck with this. We’re not ready to chance an encounter with a village of witches, let alone an alpha witch. Let’s just deliver that artifact so we don’t have it with us anymore, and then go speak to the centaur empress,” she reasoned. Squeak nodded in agreement while squeaking something. Alyssa looked to the artifact with concern then to Daniel.

“I don’t like the idea of delivering that thing to my kind’s village, but right now it’s better off in their hands than ours. We’ll drop it off with a warning that a Darker One may be after it, and then that’ll be it,” she said decisively. Kroanette nodded and stepped forward.

“The witches aren’t expecting a large group of couriers, just me. You all can wait by the outskirts of the village while I deliver the artifact, you don’t have to go in there at all. Afterwards I’ll keep my word and guide you to my home, simple as it gets,” she reasoned. Daniel looked to her then around at the group, all of the girls nodding to that with worried expressions. It may be a big chance to convince some powerful monsters to ally with mankind, however at the moment they weren’t prepared to risk such a confrontation. In doing so their journey could come to a swift end right then and there, something they couldn’t take a chance on.

Daniel reluctantly nodded with a sigh, knowing they had a point. He wanted to speak to the alpha witch, and was prepared to risk his life in doing so, but he had to agree that they didn’t have much to go with since they would be overpowered by the village full of magical casters and they also had the infamous Wildfire Witch with them.

“I suppose you’re right, now isn’t the time to talk to them. We’ll have to wait for a better opportunity,” he admitted, with the girls nodding in agreement.

“Alright, then let’s get going. Where is Rystone anyway?” Triska asked. Alyssa blinked then face palmed with a grumble before looking to Kroanette.

“It’s to the north
past
Eston,” she said with annoyance. The group turned to the centaur who was looking at the witch curiously.

“What? But, Kroanette, you said you weren’t traveling in our direction,” Daniel said shaking his head. Kroanette looked down while tracing her finger around in the air before her, with the group watching as she showed a puzzled expression. After a moment she looked back to where they had traveled from, then ahead past the river, then back to Alyssa with a curious eye.

“Are you sure?” she asked.

“You really have no sense of direction at all, do you?” Alyssa said flatly. Kroanette twitched at that then growled loudly at her.

“Hey, I know where I’m going, the legendary courier Kroanette does
not get lost
!” she yelled out.

“Yeah, she does,” Alyssa mocked with a raised eyebrow. Kroanette growled then grabbed her whip and snapped it hard at her side, with Alyssa going wide eyed and backing up a step as the centaur scraped her rear hoofs like she was getting ready to charge.

“No I don’t! I don’t I don’t I don’t!” Kroanette shouted out before she started snapping the whip at Alyssa. The witch screamed and ran off to the side along the trail next to the river, with Kroanette chasing after her, the centaur cracking her whip just behind the witch constantly while yelling at her.

“Oh dear, shouldn’t we stop her?” Specca asked worriedly.

“Nah, they’ll be fine,” Triska said with an amused smile.

“But Alyssa can’t use her magic against her,” Specca pointed out. The group watched as Kroanette chased after the little witch while snapping her whip again and again, with Alyssa frantically trying to run around her without getting hit or trampled on by the temperamental centaur. Triska giggled and nodded as she watched the sight while Daniel and Specca showed some concern for Alyssa.

“Yeah, sucks for her, huh?”

In the world of Eden, danger could come at any time, and even calls for help, especially when traversing the outerlands. One could be faced with a dire emergency of a complete stranger, or a life-or-death decision for someone in mortal danger, without warning, and have to choose what path to take in a mere moment. They would need to react quickly to these situations, using only their base instincts and judgment as their guide. In doing so their true character would often come into light, revealing just what kind of person they were inside. Would they show mercy, compassion, indifference, spite, anger, resentment, or perhaps even pleasure at another’s misfortune? When faced with a difficult situation, that is when someone’s true nature can be seen.

Whether they choose to be spectators, villains, or heroes.

*****

Looking up at the sky Daniel took a moment to relax and let out a quiet sigh, his mind still running with many things that were all fast approaching him and his friends. They had in their possession a strange artifact, of which a succubus was seen to have taken a very high interest in, and would be heading towards a village of witches to deliver the artifact to an alpha witch, a village of witches that would likely kill Alyssa on sight out of anger towards the infamous Wildfire Witch. They also had a centaur joining them during this trip, one who was the daughter of the centaur empress of the region, and who also promised to allow Daniel to speak to her mother upon finishing her scheduled delivery.

And then there was the fact that recently he had been finding himself really noticing the girls for how they were, in a way that he hadn’t anticipated feeling. During his night with Specca he had felt a closer bond forming between them, as well as realizing that even in her monster form she was indeed very beautiful, not to mention she was certainly intelligent and loved to read as he did, and also the way he had held her during their night of reading a book together, which involved her bare bottom resting on his lap while her tail was curled around him to hold him closer to her. After the night had come to an end he had found himself noticing her lovely figure and caring nature even more so, and wondered if those feelings would grow as their journey together continued.

Not only that, but the following night he had spent with Triska was certainly a big change for him. The fiery and temperamental girl that he had grown up with, who was both stronger than him and a skilled fighter, had allowed him to formally discipline her for her rough and brash behavior with him during their journey. She had shown a far gentler side of herself to him than he knew she had, and even took him by surprise by allowing him to punish her to his heart’s content. He always had wondered what kind of guy would be able to tame someone like Triska, what kind of man would be able to handle someone like her. As it turned out, she wanted him to be that man, and to his astonishment he actually enjoyed the act of spanking her, although it did make him nervous knowing that the girl he had bent over his lap taking such a punishment could very easily have killed him if she had the mind to do so. It was almost too wild to believe, but he knew it wasn’t a dream; he actually did such a thing to her for nearly an hour, finding the sensation of being in such control of her and her almost pleading him to do so exciting. After that night he had found himself looking at her differently as well, noticing that she was indeed a beautiful young woman who had strong feelings for him.

And now his mind was thinking about the next girl he would spending the night with, one that he also found himself noticing much more so than before, one that was both quiet and hard to read just as much as she was caring and loyal to him.

One that had a very unique and seductive method of taking care of those around her.

“Squeak, please stop… that’s enough…” Alyssa said softly from nearby. Daniel blinked then looked over the edge of the front seat on the caravan that he was sitting on, watching as Alyssa was sitting on the ground while watching Squeak with weary eyes. The ant girl was holding Alyssa’s leg out and licking several lash marks and bruises she had that went from her knees to her upper thighs. Alyssa shuddered as the euphoric sensation of Squeak’s saliva numbed her pain and replaced it with pleasure, something that was making her quiver a bit as the ant girl focused more on easing her friend’s discomfort rather than how she was licking all along Alyssa’s thigh near her ass.

“Ok, I think we need to make a few rules clear here,” Specca commented as she stood next to them, watching as Alyssa then dropped onto her back with a weak gasp while Squeak lifted her leg and licked a few red lash marks on her inner thigh. Alyssa held a hand over her mouth as she tried not to scream or moan while Squeak just seemed to instinctively tend to the wounds without paying any mind as to where she was licking. Specca shook her head just as Alyssa did while she was fighting off the overwhelming pleasure that was starting to make her panties wet then looked over to Kroanette who was standing near Lucky while having her arms crossed and looking away with a dull expression.

“First rule, no more whipping Alyssa, or any of us for that matter,” Specca stated.

“She got what she deserved for mocking me,” Kroanette scoffed.

“And for several other things in the past,” Triska commented quietly with a slight smile. She was leaning against the caravan while watching as Alyssa bit down on her arm and let out a shaky moan, her hips trembling before Squeak just held them still with her hands forcibly. Daniel watched as Alyssa looked up at the sky past him with a glazed look in her eye, her arm slowly dropping down onto the ground while a deep blush came across her face.

“Squeak…” she breathed out before she trembled again. Specca glanced to her with a raised eyebrow as the witch let out a weak shaky moan then looked at Kroanette while crossing her arms.

“Second rule, when we wrong those in this group we apologize for our behavior. You owe her an apology,” she stated factually.

“What? I will offer her no such thing,” Kroanette snapped at her.

“You whipped her legs then her rear end after she dropped to the ground crying, and then continued to do so repeatedly despite her begging you to stop,” Specca said with narrowed eyes.

“Yeah, I didn’t think she’d give it to her
that
much,” Triska mentioned with a smirk, remembering how the centaur had whipped Alyssa’s ass repeatedly while the witch lay bent over on the ground screaming for her to stop, seeming to be paralyzed with pain and shock while the flail repeatedly struck her rear sharply. Daniel sighed then looked to Kroanette.

“Is that how all centaurs are? You don’t accept fault even when it’s your own?” he asked.

“I am not at fault here, that little witch mocked my sense of guidance out in this world, she is the one who should be apologizing to me,” Kroanette argued.

“Kroanette, you were running around in circles in the grass fields just now, not to mention you had no idea where Rystone really was at all,” Daniel pointed out. Kroanette growled and reached for her whip before Triska yanked her sword out with a sharp ring.

“Third rule,
nobody
threatens Daniel, ever,” Triska warned sternly. Kroanette glanced to her then down to Squeak who was looking up at her with a careful eye, while Alyssa was drooling a bit and still reeling from her senses being overloaded. Specca adjusted her glasses while watching the centaur cautiously and shook her head slowly.

“Drawing your whip against Alyssa was one thing, but if you do so against Daniel you will not be so easily forgiven,” she cautioned. Kroanette looked to Daniel with a careful glance then slowly lowered her hand from her whip.

“If not for the promise to take you to my mother, I would not heed their words right now,” she said firmly. Triska slowly sheathed her blade again while Specca pointed to Alyssa.

“If you really are noble then you will see that you overreacted and wronged this one with your actions and temper. I would hope someone of your status would realize this and take responsibility,” Specca accused. Kroanette scoffed then looked down to Alyssa as the witch continued to lay on the ground in a daze.